What's the point of the tiny soccer field in Luna?

OK, I realize it's probably for bag-ball or something boring like that.

What I don't understand is why there isn't a major arena (either a large Amphitheatre, or Colosseum) anywhere to be seen in UO.

UO is community driven, yet the only place we really gather together to sit around is at the Luna Bank, and there we pretty much do nothing but spam buy/sell.

I'd really enjoy watching some chariot races, jousting events, wrastlynge, shuriken duels, etc. We can't do this, however, as there seems to really be no support.

I do understand that we can customize our houses to act as such arenas, but we're limited in scope, and our obscure locations are not prime candidates for hosting exciting events like a recreation of a Naval Battle! I allude to the theory that the Colosseum in Rome was filled with water for mock Naval Battles.

An amphitheatre would be just as great, as perhaps to encourage the artistic folks to put on some performances for us all to see.

So let's blast some rock, and build us some cultural centers that every civilization has recognized as being socially necessary.

Seems Magencia is in need of a new purpose in life. Might bring back the scattered town folk if they had the UO Dome in the center of their rubble spewn town. I'd even turn in some of my rubble pieces to have a brick or two of the structure inscribed with my char's name on it. Of course some memorial should be placed for the numerous players that died repeated fighting the hoards as well as the truely missing town folk. Where ever did the mayor end up, thought he would have to eat his words.

Too bad the devs can't make such a structure have different rules such as you can attack anyone, can't be looted, and won't lose insurance if killed. Would be fun to practice pvp (rarely have done it personally) without the pain.

some kind of perminant Arena where you could duel all the time. Gain points towards some new pixel crack. Like the Roman Colosseum.
Hell that would be fun...no more getting ganked. 1 on 1 all the time, earning points towards something.....Crowds of people watching....thieves pick pocketing in the stands......tigers and lions released at the whim of Emperor Draconi........thumb down!!!! Heck I might even do that!

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Think of it.....you could fight for a while if you win enough you can gain "prominence" and be considered on the next level. So you fight others with the same "level" as you. As you gain levels in the Arena you can challenge the Arena Champion for Dominance!
All your fights would be tracked and you gain points or something to mark your victories. The higher you go in the rankings you could earn items that are useful in PVP battle. Of course those items are only useable by the character that earned them and only in PVP(in the Arena or out) so nobody can sell them to others. And since you can't sell them as your source of income you could win Gold for your fights!
Complete revitilization of PVP!
and.......somebody could throw a bone to Factions somehow too. I dunno, faction nights at the arena.
Ohhh maybe the Devs could create a tiny shard where you could import your Arena Fighter so you can challenge Arena fighters from other shards! Even a Grand Melee of the Arena Champions from all the shards!

Oh I remember Bagball tournaments on Great Lakes... and being a cheerleader for the Yew Militia..... ah those were the days.... (Until a few people ruined it by greifing, I recall one particular fellow insisted that he train on his golem right in the center of the field and refused to budge despise our desire to use the field and another stealthy fellow who kept taking the bagball) the idea was nice... but with no GM's to deal with griefers often schedualed events that should be fun for the croud turn out to be a waste of time and effort. Few bad eggs spoiled that pot.... So the tournaments went to private homes and the "audience" could never find the arena's and eventually the games died. Such is the shame. I ran across my cheerleading uniform not long ago..... *Sighs*.... Ah well. Occasionally we used to hold PvP tournaments there as well for the seating... that goes for the arena near Umbra as well.... But again..... griefers make it nearly impossible to count on it's use.

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